| INSIDEOUT | Reversed, in a way ... and a hint to the creation of five puzzle answers |
| SPLITPEA | Soup variety, and a feature of five puzzle answers |
| DOCTOREDUP | Altered, in a way ... and a hint to the org. that helped create the answers to starred clues |
| KINDASORTA | In a way ... and a hint to six additions in this puzzle |
| UNMADE | Reversed, in a way |
| IMAGE | It's reversed in a mirror |
| STRAP | Roles reversed in a band (5) |
| RETOOL | Modernize, in a way ... and when divided into three parts, a hint to the answers to starred clues |
| LIFECHANGING | Influential in a big way ... and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| DUMBARTONOAKS | Historic estate in Washington, DC that was the scene of conferences in 1944 that led to the creation of the United Nations (9,4) |
| BREXIT | Subject of a 2016 U.K. referendum, and a hint to five puzzle answers |
| MAASTRICHT | Dutch city associated with a treaty that led to the creation of the European Union and the Euro |
| ONASIDENOTE | "By the way ...," and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters |
| SPARECHANGE | Pocketful of coins, and what literally occurs in the circled letters in five puzzle answers |
| SHADOWBOXES | Trains, in a way, and the key to 18 of this puzzle's black squares. (Ones that begin with the keywor |
| TRIMTHETREE | Decorate for Christmas, in a way, and how to make sense of the answer to each starred clue? |
| BRINDISI | Ancient South East Italian port, end point of the Roman Appian Way and a centre of the Crusades in the Middle Ages (8) |
| TURNDOWNTHEBED | Item on the housekeeping checklist, or a hint to completing five puzzle answers |
| PHUNWITHFONICS | Program for young readers, and a hint to five puzzle answers |
| BODYDOUBLE | 1984 De Palma film, and a hint to five puzzle answers |
